Confirmed Signing with Link: [DET] D Justin Holl signs with the Red Wings (3 years, $3.4M AAV)

[spfan]

Yzerman is overrated as a GM.

 

[Shaman464]

Say sike Stevie, pretty please.

 

[PanniniClaus]

Stevie is day drinking... happens to the best of us.

 

[The Red Line]

Yeah, pretty much hate this. Makes the Chiarot signing look like a gem by comparison.

 

[Pierre from Orleans]

Thank you Yzerman for taking the spot light off of our stupid GM if even for a brief moment

 

[Quinnisinoverhishead]

This has to be fake news.

 

[The Nuge]

This is literally double the max I would consider paying him. I know Detroit is bad and free agency has lots of overpays, but still… yikes

 

[The Red Line]

Yzerman is overrated as a GM.

Probably, yeah. Still worlds better than Kyle Dubas lol.

 

[TorontoTrades]

Oh.. my.. god. His agent is about to get a lot more clients

 

[CupInSIX]

Yamamoto wasn't worth 3+M for 1 more year, but Holl is worth 10.2M to Yzerman??

 

[Aashir]

thank god he’s gone

 

[Pengu]

Another Chiarot deal. Stupid

 

[cheesymc]

Aaaahahahaahaha thank you for taking this off of the table… now Verbeek can’t give a worse offer

 

[Petes2424]

If Clifton got $3.3, Holl should get right around there too. He was completely mis-used in TO and we all know it. They asked him to carry a pair, and play too many important minutes. That’s not his game unless it’s the bottom pair.

It’s not the contract that’s bad. He was getting at least that. I actually thought he’d get over $4 million. The question is, what is Detroit expecting? If it’s to play to his strengths, he’ll be fine as a supporting dman. If it’s to carry the second pair, it’ll be bad.

We’ve seen it 1000 times. When players are forced into the wrong role, it goes sideways. Ben Chiarot last year. He’s not being brought in to be the savior.

 

[Byron Bitz]

Does he hit? Is he mean? That's what Detroit needs is toughness.

Occaisionally Keefe would bench him for being too soft. Then he would play physical for a game or two and then go back to being soft.

 

[Do Make Say Think]

Detroit overtake Ottawa for the most awful contract signed today so far

 

[Ishad]

Looks like the plan is to stink again next year.

 

[SENStastic]

Just when I thought Dorion was gonna win the worst signing of FA, Detroit swoops in to save the day. Thanks Stevie.

 

[thethirdhockeyman91]

I thought Yzerman was a genius omnipowerful God. Yikes lmao​

 

[Pavels Dog]

Yamamoto wasn't worth 3+M for 1 more year, but Holl is worth 10.2M to Yzerman??

Money is not one of the top 5 reasons Yamamoto was bought out and Holl signed.

Only 21 million left in cap space this season. 43 mil left next season and 64 mil the year after that (Holl's last year).

 

[dirtydanglez]

what is yzerman doing. i know he likes big d but this is too much

 

[dredeye]

Yikes

 

[Dicky113]

This is the guy that was so bad in the playoffs that it became a National story line. What in gods name is Yzerman thinking? He might legitimately be the worst regular player in the nhl.

 

[sr edler]

Guy was overplayed in Toronto, Keefe sometimes gave him more minutes than Rielly. If he's getting 18–19 min per night and can simplify his game he could be useful (theoretically). He's not much of a hockey player though in the sense of skating/puck-handling.

 

[Nemesis Prime]

Yzerman has lost the f***ing plot.